N.C. COVID-19 briefingGovernor Cooper provides updates on North Carolina's COVID-19 response as state reports 2,937 new PCR positive COVID-19 tests in a day. Read more here: http://ow.ly/omzR50CnbH2
Posted by WTKR News 3 on Tuesday, November 17, 2020
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Tuesday, there are now 301,998 PCR positive cases and 15,497 antigen positive cases, 1,501 people hospitalized and 4,852 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 2,937 new PCR cases, 351 new antigen cases and 38 additional deaths from Monday.
A total of 4,682,064 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 11/17/2020 | TOTAL PCR CASES | NEW PCR CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | ||||||
| NC STATE TOTALS | 301,998 | 2,937 | 4,852 | 38 | ||||||
| BERTIE COUNTY | 805 | 6 | 22 | 1 | ||||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 162 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 574 | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 285 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| DARE COUNTY | 548 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| GATES COUNTY | 186 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 922 | 5 | 38 | 0 | ||||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 683 | 3 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 1,002 | 5 | 35 | 0 | ||||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 293 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 5,460 | 38 | 154 | 1 |